I have a proposed name: UNG: "UNG's not GNU!" On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Alexandre Oliva wrote: >> >> To make the point clear, let's try a thought experiment. Imagine that >> some people are so fed up with "these threads" that they set out to >> create an operating system built exclusively out of Free (Libre) and >> Open Source software, but without any GNU software, to avoid any >> claims GNUdists might have on it. >> >> They're fond of Linux, for they helped write it, so they decide to use >> it as a kernel. > >> >> >> They look around and see there are a number of BSD operating systems >> out there, so they decide to use the BSD userland to complete the >> operating system, taking bits and pieces from FreeBSD, OpenBSD and >> NetBSD. >> >> It takes some effort to port the lower-level libraries, init scripts >> and stuff, but eventually the thing boots up, runs a shell and it's >> announced to the world, with pointers to BSD ports systems and many >> pre-built ports of applications and servers that most people have come >> to expect from typical distros. Lucky for them, most of the ports >> build without change. > > If you are going to make this effort, why not just ditch the kernel too and > re-implement any missing drivers for the *BSDs or OpenSolaris instead? That > way you lose both the zealot political movement and the restrictive license > in one fell swoop and end up with code that people can actually use. You'd > get dtrace and zfs as a bonus and the decades of having to duplicate and > waste effort because of GPL restrictions that prevent sharing could finally > be over. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- "Anybody who knows all about nothing knows everything" -- Leonard Susskind -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
